February 11, 2009

Intel’s 2009 Roadmap: Add More Cores, Decrease Manufacturing Size and Invest in Fab/R&D


This week Intel has been talking about upcoming processor technologies at ISSCC in San Francisco. At the event, Intel showcased its first 8-core processor prototype designed for servers. The new Nehalem 8-core processor will join the Xeon family later this year and feature 16-thread and 64-bit processing. Intel also talked about its plans to salvage usable part from a defective chip by disabling the core or cache region, which is found defective. Read More

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